Trunk attachment.



UNITED STATES' PATENT oEEIcE.)

JAMES JpEARLEY, OF HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK. i

TRUNK ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Lettersl Patent.

Patented Marr. 18,1913.

Application filed February 61912. Serial No. 675,714.

To all whom it may concern .Be it known that I, JAMES J. EARLEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Huntington,- in the county of Suiolk and State of New, York, have invented, new

and useful Improvements in Trunk Attachments', of which thel following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to trunks and its obJect is to provide a cross or filling piece which can be adjusted over clothing and similar articles in a "trunk in The attachment consists of slotted frames 5 adapted to be Secured to each side of thetrunk to receive a spring cross piece 6 in order to compress the clothing 7 occupying a portion of the trunk. The frame 5 is ot' metal adapted to be attached to the inside of a trunk, 'two being shown in this instance, but it is obvious that more may be used when found desirablem The frame has a longitudinal rib 8 with slots 9, having eyes 10 at their lower ends. The slots are for the reception of the ends 11 of the` spring cross piece and these ends constitute heads which are inserted in the eyes 10 and are then by pressure of the clothingforced upward into the slots so thatfthese ends are retained at certain points according to the amount ot' clothing in the trunk. The cross piece shown in Figs. l and 2 consists of a wire piece having loops 12 to aiordvit resiliency toexert the proper pressure upon the clothing.

Instead of themetallic cross' piece 6, a strlp 13 of rubber webbing may be adopted with end pieces 14 to which the usual heads I 11 are secured so that the strip may be ad.- -justed in ythe slots 9 and the rubber caused ,to exert a pressure upon the clothing to keep it 1n place.

It is obvious that this simple device may be otherwise modified and similar resilient cross pieces used to accomplish the result. The frames 5 occupy a very small portion of the trunk and when not` in use the crosspieces 6 may be packed away in the trunk without consuming much of its space.

While the' cross piece is shown in-the drawlng as having its spring upright, it may be necessary when the trunk isnearly filled to lay same iiat. Theeifectin each case is the sameI and the tension pressurevis exerted no matter how the cross piece ispositioned.

1What I' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-'-

In a trunk attachment, thecombination of a frame including vertical side portions each having a longitudinalI ribprovided with a series of inverted vkey-hole shaped slots, and a resilient cross piece opposite ends adapted to pass through the circular portions of said slots and of greater diameter than the contracted portions of said slots.v f

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

JAMES EARLEY. y Witnesses: l i I i JOSEPH IRWIN,

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